<p>can anyone list the public ivys or send a link, thnx</p>
<p>theres no such thing as a public ivy, but those considered to be very good public universities are</p>
<p>cal
uva
umich
uncch
ucla
uw-madison</p>
<p>eh thats about it</p>
<p>Cornell has a private college, but also is a "land grant" institution, so its got a public connection. I'm not sure if its managed in part under the SUNY system.</p>
<p>W&M is designated as one.</p>
<p>All it really means is it's a top public school.</p>
<p>From the William & Mary website:</p>
<p>"William and Mary is one of only eight U.S. institutions of higher education designated a "Public Ivy." A Public Ivy is a state-assisted institution which offers a superior education at a cost far below that of Ivy League schools."</p>
<p>However, from what I can tell from UVA website and from earlier CC posts, Faulkner first coined this term regarding UVA. Does anyone know more about the origin of the term and if there were indeed 8 original public Ivies or if this reflects some current ranking system?</p>
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A term coined by Richard Moll in his 1985 book entitled, 'The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Undergraduate Colleges". The eight original public ivies are as follows:</p>
<pre><code>* University of Virginia
* University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
* College of William and Mary
* University of Texas at Austin
* University of Vermont
* Miami University in Oxford, Ohio
* University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* University of California at Berkeley
</code></pre>
<p>A book by Greene & Greene currently lists 17 public universities as "flagships":</p>
<p>adding Indiana, Penn State, Rutgers, SUNY, Colorado, UFlorida, Illinois, Washington, & Wisconsin.</p>
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<p>Wow thanks</p>
<p>Vermont and Miami Ohio, while fine institutions, are placed above some top notch schools...kind of curious about that especially since Vermont was in the 1985 edition in which Illinois and Florida werent included.</p>
<p>Ucla???</p>
<p>Ucsd, Ucd, Ucsb?</p>
<p>how about university of illinois, c-u?</p>
<p>[ol]
[<em>]UC Berkeley
[</em>]Virginia
[<em>]Michigan
[</em>]UCLA
[li]UNC-Chapel Hill[/li][/ol]</p>
<p>There is no such thing. But it is a term used to describe top publically funded universities. </p>
<p>The top three state funded universities are generally considered to be Cal, Michigan and UVA.</p>
<p>I would say any of the following has a genuine claim at such a title:</p>
<p>College of William & Mary
University of California-Los Angeles
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>Other excellent publics include:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Indiana University-Bloomington
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of California-Davis
University of California-Irvine
University of California-San Diego
University of California-Santa Barbara
University of Minnestoa-Twin Cities
University of Washington</p>
<p>There is a Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges, a group of 21 lesser-known schools which are designated by their states to be public versions of a smaller, more selective, residential liberal arts campus at state prices. Their link is: <a href="http://www.coplac.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.coplac.org/</a>.</p>
<p>Cornell has 3 state schools for NY residents...Human Ecology, Arts and Sciences, and I believe Apparal or somethin.</p>
<p>As toren said, Cornell is partially a public Ivy (literally) as there are three schools that fall under the SUNY system that are part of Cornell.</p>
<p>The three schools at Cornell that are publically funded are the colleges of:</p>
<p>1) Agriculture
2) Human Ecology
3) Industrial and Labor Relations.</p>
<p>Those three colleges combined have a grand total of 5,000 students (out of Cornell's 20,000+ students). Cornell is hardly a "state" University.</p>
<p>I haven't visited any of the other schools on the list, but I can attest that Miami U. has the "feel" of a private school even though it is, in fact, a public school. Perhaps that has something to do with the distinction of being named a public ivy?</p>
<p>I believe that because of its reputation (and I don't mean the one I read about here on CC) it has been able to be far more choosy in terms of the in-state students it admits and receives far more applications from qualified out-of-state students, allowing it to maintain its feel as a selective institution.</p>
<p>It has a gorgeous campus and alums tend to truly cherish their experiences. Its far-flung alumni group works hard to get the word out that the university is, indeed, located in Ohio and not Florida.</p>